New iOS Apps, Games and JB Tweaks of the Week: Angry Birds Epic and More...

Submitted by Anders Batten on June 14, 2014 - 4:09pm

This week's big App Store news was all about Apple reportedly rejecting games that rewards users for video views and social sharing. Apple is also rumored to be cracking down on fake rankings to clean up the App Store before it receives its big iOS 8 overhaul later this year. In other news, ESPN became the first sports provider for iTunes Radio, and Skype's iOS app received a huge redesign.

Here are this week's most noteworthy games, apps and jailbreak tweaks released to the App Store and Cydia for 06/08/14 to 06/14/14. Apple's Free App of the Week is ReadQuick. This app will be free on the App Store until 06/19/14.

Rovio Entertainment is still pumping out games for its popular Angry Birds franchise. This time they have released a free to play RPG starring Red, Chuck, Bomb and the other Angry Bird heroes as they take on those pesky pigs in turn based battle. The game features "epic worlds" including Piggy Island, the ability to upgrade your characters and plenty of weapons and laughs.

A free to play Disney game based on a new animated cartoon starring the 7 Dwarfs. Players can unlock each dwarf's video introduction before the premiere of the show on Monday, July 7 on Disney XD at 10A/9C.

Broken Age features the first story written by Tim Schafer (The Secret of Monkey Island) in 16-years. It is a point-and-click game that follows two teenagers, Vella Tartine and Shay Volta, as they deal with two separate coming of age adventures full of "barfing trees and talking spoons". Act 1 is available on the App Store now, and Act 2 will be released later this year.

This "Cyberpunk Visual Novel" slipped onto the App Store unnoticed and doesn't offer much of an official description, but it's free, and may be worth a look for fans of the genre.

Cyberpunk Visual Novel about a girl hacker struggling in a modern World. The story reveals around surveillance, hacking, artificial intelligence, cybernetic implants and those who want to lead a normal life in a high-tech society.